Lyric Opera of Chicago Makes Cast Change For Title Role of ‘Don Giovanni’

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Ildar Abdrazakov will no longer perform the title role of “Don Giovanni” at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Instead, the company will bring in Lucas Meachem to take on the famed title role for six performances between Nov. 14-30; Davide Luciano remains on the schedule for the final three. Per a press release, the Russian bass has withdrawn in order {…}

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San Francisco Opera 2019-20 Review: Roméo et Juliette

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(Credit: Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera) The San Francisco Opera opened its 97th season with Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliette,” reminding us that music is the food of love and that it spills over all the battles we fight and brings them down. Even though the production was pleasant but not perfect, the evening’s performance brought us into a harmony that {…}

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Nadine Sierra, Inside Series Lead The Top Operas To See This Weekend – North America

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(Credit: Merri Cyr) The 2019-20 season continues to ramp up this weekend with a number of fantastic works, some of them from the standard repertory. Here are the top operas to see this weekend. Looking at You – HERE, New York City The New York City company will showcase this unique work starting on Friday. The piece, described as a {…}

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Stephen Costello Joins Cast of Richard Tucker Gala 2019

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(Photo by Merri Cyr) The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced that tenor Stephen Costello will join this year’s gala on Oct. 27, 2019 at Carnegie Hall. Costello was the 2009 Richard Tucker Award recipient and also received a Career Grant in 2007 and the Sarah Tucker Study Grant in 2006. He will join a cast that includes 2019 honoree Lisette {…}

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Bryan Hymel Cancels San Francisco Opera’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’

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The San Francisco Opera has announced that Bryan Hymel will no longer perform in the upcoming production of Gonoud’s “Roméo et Juliette,” which opens the Company’s 97th season. The company announced that due to personal reasons the tenor had to bow out of the production, which is also set to star Nadine Sierra. As a result, Samoan-born New Zealand tenor {…}

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San Francisco Opera And San Francisco Chronicle To Present Opera In The Park

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San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Chronicle will celebrate the start of the company’s 97th season with the latest edition of Opera in the Park. The free event will “bookend an action-packed weekend” for San Francisco Opera, according to the press release. The season will open with Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the Opera Ball, and the BRAVO! CLUB Gala on {…}

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Bryan Hymel & Nadine Sierra Headline San Francisco Opera’s ‘Romeo et Juliette’

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(Credit: Merri Cyr) The San Francisco Opera is set to open its 97th season with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette.” The season, which opens on Sept. 6 with two season-opening benefit events (Opera Ball 2019: The Capulets’ Masked Ball and BRAVO! CLUB’s Opening Night Gala), will showcase French-Canadian conductor Yves Abel in a new production of Gounod’s work by Jean-Louis Grinda. In {…}

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Richard Tucker Foundation Announces 2019 Gala Lineup

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The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced the lineup for the 2019 gala celebrating winner Lisette Oropesa. This year the lineup will include past Tucker winners Jamie Barton, Michael Fabiano, Ailyn Pérez, and Christian Van Horn. The gala will also include Bryan Hymel, Angel Blue, Lucas Meachem, Artur Rucinski, and a rare U.S. appearance for Ermonela Jaho. James Gaffigan will conduct {…}

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Francesco Demuro Replaces Vittorio Grigolo In Paris

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The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for the 2019-20 season. The company announced that Francesco Demuro will replace Vittorio Grigolo in performances of Puccini’s “La Bohème” at the Opéra de Paris. Demuro will take over performances on June 13 through 28, 2020. Grigolo will sing performances on July 2 through 11, 2020. As a result, he will only {…}

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Lyric Opera of Chicago Makes Cast Change For Title Role of ‘Don Giovanni’

San Francisco Opera 2019-20 Review: Roméo et Juliette

Nadine Sierra, Inside Series Lead The Top Operas To See This Weekend – North America

Stephen Costello Joins Cast of Richard Tucker Gala 2019

Bryan Hymel Cancels San Francisco Opera’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’

San Francisco Opera And San Francisco Chronicle To Present Opera In The Park

Bryan Hymel & Nadine Sierra Headline San Francisco Opera’s ‘Romeo et Juliette’

Richard Tucker Foundation Announces 2019 Gala Lineup

Francesco Demuro Replaces Vittorio Grigolo In Paris